PHP - HTML special characters don't change in text input

Question

I using the PFBC (PHP form builder class (PFBC)) to create a TextBox element in page;

But in string with special character's he not change to normal characters:

ex: $razao = "livia's baby"

    $form->addElement(new Element\Textbox("Razão Social:", "data[RAZAO_SOCIAL]", array(
    "value" => htmlspecialchars_decode($razao, ENT_NOQUOTES) ,
    "required" => true
)));

He print:

click to see output

Any idea?

Answer 1

ENT_NOQUOTES tells the htmlspecialchars_decode to not decode single or double quotes. Use ENT_QUOTES.

Will convert both double and single quotes.

vs.

Will leave both double and single quotes unconverted.

-http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars-decode.php

htmlspecialchars_decode($razao, ENT_QUOTES)

Demo: https://3v4l.org/ZSH7G

Be careful with this though, depending on $razao's value you might open yourself to XSS injections.